Horacio Munguía Aguilar and Francisco Armenta Aguilar 2009 Phys. Educ. 44 652 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/44/6/014
Horacio Munguía Aguilar and Francisco Armenta Aguilar
Show affiliationsIt is shown how the load cell from a junk electronic balance can be used as a force transducer for physics experiments. Recovering this device is not only an inexpensive way of getting a valuable laboratory tool but also very useful didactic work on electronic instrumentation. Some experiments on mechanics with this transducer are possible after a careful calibration and proper conditioning.
Issue 6 (November 2009)
Received 29 July 2009
Horacio Munguía Aguilar and Francisco Armenta Aguilar 2009 Phys. Educ. 44 652
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